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Houston Acres Kentucky Map

Explore Houston Acres, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Houston Acres, Kentucky

How to Use This Houston Acres, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Houston Acres, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Houston Acres.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Houston Acres
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.214237
Longitude	-85.613849
Population	492
Density	1319.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	40220
Area Code	502
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Houston Acres, Kentucky

Houston Acres is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 492. The population density is 1319.2 people per km². Houston Acres is located at 38.2142°N, 85.6138°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Houston Acres is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40220.

Houston Acres exists as a quiet, residential enclave defined by the persistent, winding presence of the South Fork Beargrass Creek. It lies 2.4 miles south-southeast of St. Matthews, KY (from St. Matthews, KY: bearing 150°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-southeast of Louisville. The landscape here favors a subtle topography, where the land slopes toward the water’s edge in long, low swaths of limestone and clay. At dusk, the light catches the moisture rising from the creek bed, casting a silvered, hazy glow over the suburban lawns that seem to hold the heat of the day longer than the cool, shaded thickets nearby. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains remains a faint memory on the far horizon, Houston Acres finds its own immediate stillness in the proximity of Des Pres, where the canopy of trees offers a sanctuary for the local fauna and a respite from the hum of the surrounding metropolitan grid.

History in Houston Acres is measured not in grand monuments, but in the slow maturation of mid-century architecture and the deepening roots of oaks that shade the neighborhood lanes. The local economy relies on the broader vitality of the regional corridor, keeping the pace of life steady and predictable, far removed from the clamor of heavy industry. Residents often look toward the wider Jefferson County Memorial Forest for deeper excursions into the timbered wilderness, or toward the quiet, still waters of Tucker Lake when the summer air grows thick and heavy. A distinct, unforced character defines the neighborhood, where the soft vernacular of the Upper South persists in the quiet greetings exchanged over fences, reflecting a life built on the quiet equilibrium of suburban stability and the enduring, slow-moving currents of the local landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Des Pres (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 041° NE
Klondike (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 253° W
Bingo City (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 205° SW
Village 8 (Cinema) — 1.7 mi, 321° NW
Buechel Parcel (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 225° SW
Confederate Martyrs Monument (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 123° SE
Gaslight Lamp (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 116° SE
Party Center (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 053° NE
Woodlawn Race Course (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 346° N
Tri Ân Monument (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 118° SE
Blackacre State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 107° E
Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 257° W
Gorilla Sanctuary (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 264° W
Pygmy Hippo Area (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 264° W
Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 270° W
Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.9 mi, 263° W
Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 4.9 mi, 275° W
Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 4.9 mi, 275° W
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 033° NE
Louisville zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.0 mi, 263° W
Butterfly Garden (Nature Reserve) — 5.0 mi, 265° W
Walden theater (Theatre) — 5.1 mi, 301° NW
Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 298° NW
WaterWorks Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 314° NW
Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 351° N

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